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  What Are You Playing This Weekend?

  My fellow Americans and I will be enjoying the pleasures of a three-day weekend, thanks to the arrival of Memorial Day. In shallow remembrance of our fallen servicemen, I’ll be playing Rock Band Unplugged. Probably not the most fitting tribute, I’ll concede, but I hope to make up for it by patriotically consuming large volumes…

  By Michael McWhertor Published May 22, 2009
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  Fuel Is The Biggest Console Game Ever

  With 5, 560 square miles of accessible in-game terrain, Codemasters’ Fuel is the biggest console game of all time, and they’ve got the Guinness World Records certificate to prove it. The award for largest playable area in a console game was awarded to Fuel developer Asobo Studios. Guinness World Records presented the developer with a…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 22, 2009
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  Susan Boyle As Video Game Character

  Yes, the Sims 3 can render countless chipper versions of ordinary-looking people. But can EA’s June juggernaut handle global singing sensation Susan Boyle from Britain’s Got Talent? Sure. And Obama, too, in this EA clip.

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 22, 2009
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  Here’s Your Cover-E3-With-Kotaku Winner

  It was a close contest, with the dozen finalists all turning in their copy just in time and with obvious care in crafting, but we had to pick a single winner. After careful deliberation, and a vote, we landed on Josiah Munsey as our lucky winner. He’ll be joining us at E3, with the flight,…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 22, 2009
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  Tomb Raider: Underworld Unearths Trophies Next Week

  PlayStation 3 owners tired of playing Tomb Raider: Underworld and getting nothing in return find relief next week, as Eidos readies a patch to add trophy support to Lara’s latest. Just in time for the PlayStation 3 version to become a £19.99 Platinum Hit in the UK, Eidos has announced that a patch to add…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 22, 2009
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  Battlefield Bad Company 2 Multiplayer Impressions

  Battlefield Bad Company 2 doesn’t reinvent anything, but it doesn’t really need to either. Earlier this month I had a chance to sit in on an 12-on-12 multiplayer match of the game in the spacious and snowpacked Snowbound level. The game’s essentially a sleeker, more nuanced version of the original Battlefield Bad Company. You can…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 22, 2009
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  Metroid Trilogy Preview: The Game So Nice, You Can Play It Thrice

  Surprise! The rumors that all three Metroid Prime games would receive a compilation release in the US with the “Wii-applied” control scheme were true. This might come as a blow to Metroid fans who were really looking forward to a fourth game; however, Nintendo of America makes the point that not everybody who owns a…

  By AJ Glasser Published May 22, 2009
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  Stardock Sending Out Demigod Apology Coupons

  Stardock has begun distributing the promised apology coupons, entitling players who’ve purchased the previously problem-riddled real-time strategy game Demigod to a second copy at 50% off. Now that the vast majority of their networking issues have subsided, Stardock is making good with their promise of discounts on additional copies of Demigod. If you’ve picked up…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 22, 2009
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  Ministry Storms Rock Band Next Week

  How has Rock Band survived for a year and a half without the musical stylings of Ministry? Harmonix rectifies that terrible omission next week with a triple dose of industrial metal. Al Jourgensen may have retired Ministry last year, but you can keep the dream alive next week with three songs from the band that…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 22, 2009
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  Burnout Paradise Goes Big Surf Hunting

  Burnout Paradise: Big Surf Island DLC is coming to the racer this summer. Here’s a quick peek at what exactly a "Burnout Vacation of a Lifetime" will entail. Rollercoaster? Yes thank you. Bridge jumps through concrete tubes? I’ll take that. Dune Buggies. Don’t mind if I do. And seven other new cars as well as…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 22, 2009
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  A Little inFamous To Tide You Over

  If you can’t wait until next week and the demo just isn’t giving you enough inFamous, perhaps the official inFamous Mini-Game can be of service. Developed by Kerb and hosted exclusively at Spil Games‘ network of online casual gaming portals, the inFamous Mini-Game is a 2D platformer starring the full game’s protagonist Cole, who must…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 22, 2009
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  Next Week On Live Arcade: Wallace, Gromit, and Yosumin Live

  It’s Memorial Day weekend, so Microsoft has gone ahead and revealed next week’s Xbox Live Arcade titles so they can completely devote Monday to memorializing. Sure it’s been out for two months on the PC, but how many of us actually own computers? Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures finally hit Xbox Live Arcade next week,…

  By Mike Fahey Published May 22, 2009
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  Making a Mii On Your DS

  Personal Trainer: Walking is a DS title that comes packed with two digital pedometers that sync with your DS to track how far you walk each day. It also happens to include the ability to create Mii on your DS. Not only does the function seem to support everything found on the Wii, but it…

  By Brian Crecente Published May 22, 2009
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  If you do your Kotaku-commenting from work, and if you’re American, and if you work for a progressive enough company, then you only have a half-day today to comment about gamers here. So start. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

  By Stephen Totilo Published May 22, 2009
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  Counting Down to An Announcement Of An Announcement

  To: Crecente From: Bashcraft RE: iPod Touching Venting! And sorry to do so. But, I dunno, it seems like companies recently have gone overboard with the drip fed PR tactics. There are games, games that I am recently excited about, but that are being mishandled by their publishers. These drip fed PR tactics actually hurt…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 22, 2009
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  STALKER Dragged Kicking And Screaming Into 2009

  While it would take a magician to repair the game’s myriad AI glitches, STALKER’s graphics are more easily improved. And boy, can they be improved. This is the “STALKER Complete 2009” mod (released last month), which does an admirable job of making the game look like it was, well, made in 2009. New textures, new…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2009
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  Hey, It’s Another “Gamer” Trailer

  Gamer, the upcoming movie about MMOs with real people as avatar combatants, has a brand new trailer. This is it. The movie stars Gerard Butler, Ludacris and Kyra Sedgwick, and tells of a future in which MMOs have merged with mind control. The story will revolves around one game in particular, Slayers, which is a…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 22, 2009
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  What If Street Fighter II Had Come Out In 1981?

  Well, according to Dylan Hayes, it would probably look a lot like this. Can’t help but think of those Degenatron commercials from Vice City…

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2009
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  Iwata: We Always Work On New Hardware

  Nintendo does not rest, Nintendo does not stop. Even with the success of the Wii and the DS, Nintendo keeps going. “We do not think that Nintendo DS and Wii will last forever,” Iwata told investors in a recent financial briefing. “Our internal hardware teams are always researching and working on new hardware so that…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published May 22, 2009
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  Heavy Rain: The Screenshots

  You’ve seen the gameplay footage, now see the screenshots of the gameplay footage. And they’re worth a look, giving you a better idea of the “They Live” interface than a grainy web video can manage.

  By Luke Plunkett Published May 22, 2009